Liquid dispenser and applicator



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, Application filed November 9, 1926. Serial No. 147,239.

The present invention is concerned with the provision of a dcvicefordlspensmg and applying liquids. the invention contemplates the provislonof devicewhich may have'a wide and varied range of utility, but whichfinds its preferred embodiment in a dispenser and applicator for hairoils, shoe polishes and similar classes of material which are applied insmall quan tities and then rubbed in.

The device is an improvement over the dispensing container disclosedin'my copending application Serial No. 96,006,1iled March 19,

192.6,in that it associates the applying means ]5 with the dispensingmeans and results in a material economy in manufacturing cost; thedevice of the present invention, consisting only of two elements whichmay be rapidly individually produced andexpeditiously assembled.

Other and more general objects of the 1nvention, are to provide adispenser and applicator of simple, practical construction which will berugged, durable and efficient in use, neat and attractive in appearance,and convenient to manipulate.

W'ith the above noted and other objects in View, the invention consistsin certain novel features of construction and combinations andarrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth andpointed out in the claims. .The invention may be more fully understoodfrom the following descrip tion in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a liquiddispenser and applicator embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2. is a fragmentary View taken at right angles to Fig. 1, andshowing the cap in position to seal the outlet opening. I

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the position of theparts when the cap has been rotated through 180 to uncover the outletopening.

Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line 44 of Fig. 2, but with thecontainer reverted.

Fig. 5 is a similar View on the line 55 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but illustrating a modification.

In the drawings I have used the reference character 10 to designate as awhole, an approximately L-shaped container including a relatively longarm 11 and a relatively short In itsbroader aspects,

the same fromthe container.

arm;12;*b0th ends of the container being closed, except for adispensingjandfilling opening '13 in'the end face of the shorter arm.Preferably, although not necessarily, the container is of glass and theopening 13 is defined by nipple 14 integral with the end faceofthecontainer. The ekterior surfaces of this nipple, taper, so that thenipple is approximatelyv frustro-conical, the outer surface serving as acam for ooaction with the cover cap whichl'shall nowldescribe,

fThe" cover cap 15 ispreferzibly of rubber including a contractileflange portion 16 snapping under a flange or lip 17 formed at thedischarge end of the container 10. Container 10, or in any event,thejshorter arm 12 thereof, is preferably circular in cross sec tion,and the nipple 14 disposedeccentrically 0f the center of the end face.Cap 15 is providedlwith a slot or opening 18 at a point eccentric of thecap center which is adapted to be aligned with the nipple 14 when thecap has been rotated to the proper position as indicated in Figs. 3 and5.

The material of the cap is readily distortable, and when the cap isrotated from the position of Figs. 8 and 5 to the position of Figs. 2and 4, the walls of the cap slot 18 ride up over the tapered outer wallsof the nipple 14, and the nipple 14 sinks into the soft rubber of thecap. The resilient cap is not forced bodily away from the end surface ofthe container due to the inter-engaging flanges 16-and 17 which tend toretain the cap pressed against such surface.

flange 16 is suflicient to permit ready rotation of the cap withoutdanger of displacing The nipple by partially embedding itself in thesoft rubber cap, effectively seals the outlet opening 13.

Preferably the cap is surfaced'in some manner to facilitate theapplication of the particular liquid to be dispensed. Where hair tonicfor instance is to be dispensed, the cap may be formed with a staggeredseries of integral massaging tits 19 projecting from its outer face. Theuser grasping the elongated portion 11 of the container as a handle,rotates the cap 15 to align the slot 18 with the outlet opening 13.v Thecon-- tainer is then shaken to dispense the contents in small quantitiesthrough the outlet openings, and the cap may be rubbed against Thecircumferental gripping action of the 1 lit the head of the user to workthe tonic in, and to massage thescalp as the tonic is being applied.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a slight modification in Which the nipple14 is omitted,

forth, but shall consider myself to make such changes and alterations asfairly fall Within the spirit and. scope of the appended claims. v

I claim: 1 H

1. A liquid dispenser including a container havin an outlet opening inone'end thereof, a riibber cap rotatable on said end, norm-ally sealingthe outlet opening and having a slot therein adapted to beoptionallyaligned With said outletopening as the cap is rotated, said distortablecap including means interfitting with the outlet opening to positivelyseal the outlet. i a

2. A liquid dispenser including a container having an outlet opening inone end thereof, a rubber cap rotatable onsaid end,

opening, said nipple normally pressing into the distorta-ble cap.

3. A liquid dispenser including a con tainer having an outlet opening inoneend thereof, a rubber cap rotatable on saidvend, normally sealing theoutlet opening and having a slot therein adapted to be optionallyaligned with said outlet opening as the ca is rotated, a nippleprojecting from the end face of the container and defining said outletopening, said (nipple normally pressin into the distortable ca andhaving tapere outer Walls over whic the wall of the slot is adapted tocam as the cap is shifted from open to closed. position.

tainer having an outlet opening in one end thereof, a rubber caprotatable on said end,

4. A liquid dispenser including a connormally sealing the outlet openingand having a slot thereinadapted to be optionally aligned with saidoutlet opening as the ca is r0tated, said cap including a sealing tltentering the outlet opening.

ROBERT STEWART.

